Continuing with its 2012 event calendar, Sonardyne International will be exhibiting at EAGE (European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers), 4th-7th June in Copenhagen and Caspian Oil & Gas, 5th-8th June in Baku, Azerbaijan. The largest, most comprehensive geoscience event in the world, EAGE is
Every two years the NERC UK/European Moorings Group holds a workshop to discuss developments in the field of scientific moorings. Following on from RS Aqua sponsorship of the 5th meeting at the NOC Southampton in 2010, the company is again sponsoring this most informative gathering. RS Aqua’s lead s
Officials from the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) participated in an all-day table top exercise designed to simulate the response to a well blowout in the Chukchi Sea. The exercise, planned over the past several months, included representatives from the U.S. Coast Guard, the U
Portland in Dorset may be an Olympic site this year, but it is also the location of LiftRig Consulting’s latest subsea power cable handling and storage project. LiftRig are working with Manor Marine to provide safe and cost-effective handling and storage of spare power cables for the world’s largest
His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation and Chairman of Emirates Group, welcomed Khamis Juma Buamim Chairman, Drydocks World and Maritime World and heads and senior executives of the teams involved in the building of Shell’s Prelude FLNG project. The delegat
A new offshore wind farm in the US marks the turning point for offshore wind energy. Ramboll will as leader of a consortium with U.S. based companies design the foundations for the Cape Wind Offshore Wind Farm. The consortium expects more US offshore wind projects to be on the way. America’s first o
Ithaca Energy Inc. announces the successful start-up of oil production from the Athena field. The initial operations phase of the field is in line with management’s expectations and proceeding as planned. This involves bringing production from each well online and establishing stable performance of
The now fully operational West African Cable System (WACS) undersea cable is anticipated to be a boon for all operators in the South African market, according to a new report from Pyramid Research. “South Africa: Undersea Cables Boost Data and Broadband Growth as LTE Prepares to Launch” report offer
A number of wellhead system response and design issues have been raised in recent years, instigated from drilling in new geographical locations or with new equipment. These issues are not well understood across the industry, but have relevance to many Operators. 2H Offshore has been involved in eval
BP, the operator of the Shah Deniz natural gas field in Azerbaijan, expressed its commitment to developing the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) as the southern gas transportation route into Europe. Speaking at the BP Forum in Berlin, on the 24th of May, Iain Conn, Chief Executive Refining and Marketing
Bowtech Products Ltd., a market leading manufacturer and supplier of cameras, LED lighting, emergency relocation strobes, connectors, fiber optic multiplexers and slip rings for use in underwater or hazardous area applications, to any ocean depth, has announced that they have completed a supply cont
Offshore handling systems specialist, Caley Ocean Systems has been awarded a contract to supply oceanographic winches and A-frame systems to Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for a new oceanographic research vessel. The state-of-the-art, ocean-going, vessel is capable of surveying to the full ocean dep
Construction of the European Marine Science Park (EMSP) has begun at Dunstaffnage near Oban, which will offer commercial space for businesses at one of the world’s leading sites for marine research and development. The 20,000 square feet building will be available by the end of 2012, with further de
BSEE Director Jim Watson hosted an offshore energy safety forum that brought together federal decision-makers, industry, academia, and other stakeholders to discuss additional steps that BSEE and the industry can take to continue to improve the reliability and safety of blowout preventers (BOPs). Du
